vicious circle

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A situation in which the response to one problem creates a chain of problems, each making it more difficult to solve the original one.
    — Meanwhile street congestion grows worse and the vicious circle tightens of private motor-cars which impede L.T.E. buses in Central London and of exasperated bus travellers who therefore take to using their own cars.
  2. A fallacy in which the premise is used to prove a conclusion which is then used to prove the premise.

词形变化

vicious circles plural

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反义词
virtuous circle
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